Educate

Develop the knowledge.

Read: Mauro’s research: where the science starts
His doctoral research at Harvard Medical School on how cerebrospinal fluid influences neural stem cells in the developing brain, and the foundation for his continued questions about this fluid’s role in the adult.
Read the thesis (technical)

Read: Mauro’s and John Chavez’s hypothesis on breath and the brain’s waste clearance.

Superpower: Ignite Your Intuitive Intelligence. A docuseries interviewing Mauro with experts worldwide regarding sensitivity, awareness, and personal power. Watch on Prime/Gaia, Apple TV, Youtube, or Superpowerfilm.com.

Dive deeper. Peruse our extended Resources collection for more.

Practice

 Apply what you learn to your own life experience. Tune into your personal CSF.

Awakening Awareness - Meditation Practices in Awareness - Develop awareness and support of our nervous system with openness and curiosity. Podcasts hosted by the Emerging Sciences Foundation (ESF), found on Spotify. Recordings include lessons and meditations.

Introduction to Mindfulness – Synovation Medical Group - an introduction to mindfulness and meditation.

Mindfulness for Chronic Pain - Synovation Medical Group -Learn techniques to investigate and develop a better relationship with and experience of chronic pain.

CSF Meditation Series - Dr. Mauro Zappaterra - “I am here” Meditation

Additional Meditations and Discourses recorded by Mauro available here.

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Books

Share concepts of awareness, love, presence and consciousness with all ages. Available through booksellers worldwide.

Book covers link to purchase options.

Community

Interested in sharing your story or reading the stories and work of others? Only submit if you consent to potentially being included in a future book or compilation.

All Resources

Everything in one place: talks, conversations, readings, and practices. New here? Start Here.

Videos

• Science and Nonduality (SAND) webinar · YouTube

• SAND: “Connection to Source” · YouTube

• ESF Kundalini Symposium · YouTube

• Superpower: Ignite Your Intuitive Intelligence. A docuseries interviewing Mauro with experts worldwide regarding sensitivity, awareness, and personal power. Watch on Prime/Gaia, Apple TV, or Superpowerfilm.com.

• Evolution FM interview · YouTube

• Bridging Neuroscience and Consciousness - YouTube

More guided practices and short videos are on the Practice page.

Podcasts

Featured conversations

• Unapologetic Living: “Sacred Waters” · Buzzsprout

• Embodied Philosophy: Mauro Zappaterra on the Cerebrospinal Fluid (#77)

• Evolve Network: Dr. Mauro Zappaterra on Cerebrospinal Fluid · Spotify

Mauro’s own podcast

• The PM&R Podcast: co-created and co-hosted by Mauro, with interviews with leading voices in the field.

More conversations

• Gamma Seekers · Spotify

• Born to Know · Spotify

• Evolution FM · Spotify

• A Moment with Mart · Spotify

• Radically Genuine Podcast · Spotify

• The Way Forward with Alec Zec · Spotify

• The Quantum-Based Podcast with Dr. Sara Pugh · Spotify

• Compromised to Alchemized · Spotify

• The Quantum Connection Round Table · Spotify

• The Path of the Audacious Rebel · Spotify

• Rise of the Serpent: The Kundalini Podcast · Spotify

• The Science of Self-Healing, with Dr. Sharon Stills · BRMI

Articles and Research

• Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Brain Development (technical). Mauro’s doctoral thesis opens with more than 2,000 years of thinking about cerebrospinal fluid, then reports his own research: the first comprehensive protein analysis of human embryonic CSF, and evidence that CSF actively supports the growth of neural progenitor cells.

• The Cerebrospinal Fluid Provides a Proliferative Niche for Neural Progenitor Cells. Neuron, 2011. Mauro is co-first author.

• Breathing and CSF fluid dynamics. A published study of how different yogic breathing styles affect CSF movement. Scientific Reports, 2022.

• Can Wim Hof Method breathing induce conscious metabolic waste clearance of the brain? A hypothesis paper by John A. Chavez and Mauro Zappaterra (2023).

• “Second Nature”, Psychology Today, 2008, by Kat McGowan. Mauro appears in the section “Joy: The Art of Loving Life,” partway down the page.

Books, Practice, and Community

• Books: I AM, All One, and All Love. See the Share page.

• Meditations and guided practices: see the Practice page.

• Community stories and poetry: see the Share page.

From the Blog

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• How Cerebrospinal Fluid Shapes Our Conscious Experience (2023) [post link]

• It’s Safe to Heal: a meditation with hypnotherapist Lori Hammond (2022) [post link]

• I AM Meditation (2021) [post link]